Understanding the modern workplace and future proof your job The world is changing fast. Every 2 weeks there is a new mind bending AI application that is set to revolutionise the world as we know it. It can be scary, it can be intimidating, it can be disruptive, and it will change the way we […]
Category: Thoughts
Food or War?
Food security has become a bit of an issue. Between raising global tension, open conflict in Europe, spiking commodity prices, supply chain disruptions, and the lingering affects of COVID. Not to mention skyrocketing global inflation, cost of living crisis, looming recession and last but not least a crushing climate catastrophe, the pressure on our institutions […]
Food Price Spikes may cause the deaths of millions
It’s a strange world we live in when the European winter enters into the minds of business planners on farm in Australia. Thankfully for Australian growers, the record warm winter experienced in Europe over the past few months has caused a significant relief in the price of fertilizer. As the war in Ukraine rages on […]
Embracing Complexity
In late 2021 the Australian vegetable industry invested significant funds to develop a nationally coordinated, regionally delivered extension program known as VegNET. To design a sustainable extension system for a complex, national industry such as vegetables, significant time was invested. An agricultural innovation systems approach was developed to best support grower outcomes. Development and implementation […]